Composite Materials in Aircraft Structures: The Harrier AV‐8B/GR5 close air support aircraft with vertical and short take‐off and landing capability

SINCE the public debut of its progenitor, the Hawker P 1127 at the 1962 Farnborough Air Show its descendants, the Kestrel and the Harrier have continued to astonish and delight the crowds, both hardened professionals and the general public at Air Shows throughout the free world.